Intro: A - Em - D - Dm/B 2x A Em D Dm/B Rescue me, before my dreams have flown a- way A Em D Dm/B Rescue me, take me back with you a- gain A Dm/B The lonely hours I wait for dawn's caress I can't forget, A Dm/B * the silence of the lonely- ness A Em D Dm/B Destiny, I wrote the book about the game A Em D Dm/B Destiny, now I've learned how to take the pain A Dm/B Try as I may I can't ex- plain the way I'm feeling now A Dm/B * Try as I may I can't ex- plain E C#m D And now I'm walking right back to you E C#m D E And all a- long I never really kne- ew C#m That there was heartbreak ahead Em/G F# Bm And everyone but I could see Dm/B A That's the story of me Em - D - Dm/B A Em D Dm/B Don't look back, to think a- bout the things we did A Em D Dm/B Don't look back, to pretend that's how it might have been A Dm/B I'm walking homeward thru the shadows of the night again A Dm/B * So now the story can be told, E C#m D And now I'm walking right back to you E C#m D E And all a- long I never really kne- ew C#m That there was sorrow to come Em/G F# Bm And I thought there'd be ecsta- sy Dm/B A That's the story of me Em - D - Dm/B E C#m D And now I'm walking right back to you E C#m D E And all a- long I never really kne- ew C#m That it's so easy to see Em/G F# Bm that's how it's meant to be Dm/B A That's the story of me Em D Story of me, Dm/B A A That's the story of me //